Part of The Baby-Sitters Club, book 9
First published 1996
Dawn has suspected for years that secret passages run through her old house. She never imagined supernatural residents might use them. Now bizarre incidents occur whenever she's home alone. Mysterious sounds echo from inside her bedroom wall. Objects move on their own. The temperature drops without warning. Dawn becomes convinced a spirit haunts her family's house. Her fellow babysitters agree something paranormal is happening. The girls want to investigate and solve the mystery. Their babysitting responsibilities keep interrupting their ghost hunting plans. They struggle to balance their jobs with their supernatural detective work. Dawn faces a troubling question. Can she and her friends uncover the truth behind these eerie events? Or will she have to accept sharing her home with an otherworldly presence? The mystery deepens as more strange occurrences pile up around Dawn's house.
Genres: mystery, fantasy, supernatural, contemporary, paranormal
Vibes: atmospheric, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, found-family, paranormal-investigation
Setting: Dawn's House
Period: 20th-century
148 pages · Paperback · Apple